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U.S. Representative for Mississippi’s 2nd District

Bennie G. Thompson

Democrat 17th term Up 2026 Ranking · Homeland Security

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$928K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Deloitte Political Action Committee Breaks with Democrats most onEnvironmental Protection: broke on 2 of 26 party-line votes (8%; most Democrats: 4%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
96AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
5BreaksMed 7
In office
House 1993–now
33 years in CongressMore senior than 96% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security Ranking Member
Age
78

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1121514536745
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1403731,2356

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Crime and Law Enforcement 10% 13%
Government Operations and Politics 9% 20%
Emergency Management 5% 20%

StatementsBills

Words go to Education, Transportation and Public Works and Health; bills go to Emergency Management and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Education Funding (Education), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Domestic Violence Support (Crime and Law Enforcement), Disaster Response (Emergency Management).
  • 15 bills sponsored, most on Emergency Management.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberHomeland Security CommitteeFull committee

Ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, more senior than 96% of the House, in the minority.

  • 33 years in Congress: more senior than 96% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

15% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Thompson.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

15% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hernández Rivera and Blair.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 10 · expected 18
Action in committee 9 · expected 3
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 122 of 433 in the House

1.22expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 10 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.22 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 4467 (became law), H.Res. 113 (out of committee), H.Res. 114 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.52

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 5 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.52, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Environmental Protection 2 of 26, Education 1 of 10, Government Operations and Politics 1 of 18.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Thompson$928K raised23%75%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

24% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$928K raised, 75% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 24 points.

69 PACs of the 135 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  3. Deloitte50% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

177 bills

Thompson voted Yea on 24, Nay on 58, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 91 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.